Hackers attack Australian spy agency website
CNN
(CNN) -- Australia's national intelligence agency acknowledged Friday that its public website may have encountered problems after hackers said they had subjected it to a sustained campaign ofcyber attacks. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization ...
CNN
(CNN) -- Australia's national intelligence agency acknowledged Friday that its public website may have encountered problems after hackers said they had subjected it to a sustained campaign ofcyber attacks. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization ...
The Australian
Yesterday's attack on the ASIO website, and the threat by Anonymous to target other spy agencies, were designed to attract further attention to its cause. ASIO denied that the cyber attacksucceeded in tapping any national secrets, saying its public website did ...
Virus Seeking Bank Data Is Tied to Attack on Iran
New York Times (blog)
A security firm said Thursday that it had discovered what it believed was the fourth state-sponsored computer virus to surface in the Middle East in the last three years, apparently aimed at computers in Lebanon. ... Lebanon experts said that an American cyber espionage campaign directed at Lebanon's banking system would seem to be a plausible possibility, given Washington's concerns that the country's banks are being used as a financial conduit for the Syrian government and for Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant ...
Gauss Espionage Malware: 7 Key Facts
InformationWeek
From targeting Lebanese banking customers to installing a font, security researchers seem to be unearthing as many questions as answers in their teardown of the surveillance malware. By Mathew J. ... Then again, Jeffrey Carr, CEO of cyber risk management firm Taia Global, told Reuters that Lebanese banks have long been watched by U.S. intelligence agencies for their role in facilitating payments to drug cartels and extremist groups. ... According to Symantec, the USB attack code would be quite difficult to spot.
Cyber Surveillance Virus from Mideast Can Spy on Bank Transactions
Insurance Journal
Dubbed Gauss, the virus may also be capable of attacking critical infrastructure and was very likely built in the same laboratories as Stuxnet, the computer worm widely believed to have been used by the United States and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program, Kaspersky Lab said on Thursday. ...Jeffrey Carr, an expert on cyber warfare who runs a small security firm known as Taia Global, said the U.S. government has long monitored Lebanese banks for clues about the activities of militant groups and drug cartels.
Gauss malware: Nation-state cyber-espionage banking Trojan related to Flame ...
Computerworld (blog)
Most security news is about insecurity, hacking and cyber threats, bordering on scary. But whensecurity is done right, it's a beautiful thing...sexy even. Security IS sexy. Subscribe ... Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a “complex cyber-espionage toolkit” called Gauss which is a nation-state sponsored malware attack “closely related to Flame and Stuxnet,” but blends nation-state cyber-surveillance with an online banking Trojan. It can steal “access credentials for various online banking systems and payment ...
Top hacker details how to avoid cybercrime
CBS News
... National Republican Convention fast approaching at the end of August, security expert and ex-hacker Kevin Mitnick has been working with security firm KnowBe4 to advise the expected 45000 attendees about how to protect themselves fromcyber-attack.
CBS News
Calls to curb cyber espionage after state-sponsored attack targets Lebanon
The Guardian
The international community has been urged to act quickly to curb cyber espionage after security researchers discovered the latest state-sponsored attack targeting financial systems in Lebanon. Thousands of people in the Middle East were targeted by the ...
The Guardian
Lieberman not giving up on cyber security bill
Norwich Bulletin
“The terrorists can still (physically) attack us but it's hard to image it being worse than a cyber attack,” he said. “Everybody says that the private sector is not well defended in cyberspace.” Lieberman is scheduled to retire from the Senate in January after 24 ...
Cyber espionage virus targets Lebanese banks
Telegraph.co.uk
Jeffrey Carr, an independent cyber security expert, said the US government has long monitored Lebanese banks for clues about the activities of militant groups and drug cartels. "You've got this ... Obama 'ordered Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran'. 01 Jun 2012...
Telegraph.co.uk
Hacking group Anonymous targets ASIO, DSD websites
Herald Sun
A Defence spokeswoman said the Cyber Security Operations Centre at the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) was "aware of recent hacktivist group activity directed at the DSD website". "The DSD website has not experienced any technical issues and has remained ... The privacy commissioner earlier this week launched an investigation into companies AAPT and Melbourne IT after their customer data was compromised in a hacking attack. Two AAPT clients, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime ...
Stuxnet cousin able to attack industrial control systems
Help Net Security
While Gauss' initial purpose appears to be the theft of financial information, its inclusion of the 'Godel' module further proves that cyber warfare tactics between nation states can result in significant damage to physical infrastructure. A large proportion of today'scyber security breaches – whether cyber espionage exercises such as data theft or full on cyber attacks that take control of critical systems – are a result of organisations lacking visibility into the activity taking place across their networks. Traditional perimeter ...
Help Net Security
Gauss virus: Stuxnet-like cyberweapon hits Middle East banks
The Guardian
"All these attack toolkits represent the high end of nation-state-sponsored cyber-espionage and cyberwar operations." Jeffrey Carr, an expert on cyber-warfare who runs security firm Taia Global, said the US government has long monitored Lebanese banks for ...
The Guardian
Hacker group Anonymous targets ASIO and Australian defence bodies
The Australian
HACKER movement Anonymous is claiming responsibility for a fresh round of cyber attacks on the Australian government this time directly going after intelligence assets. The Australian branch of the movement has used its Twitter account to claim attacks on ...
Gauss who's come to bug your PC
Khaleej Times
Four months after the last attack, another cyber snooping virus named Gauss has been unleashed in the Middle East, and financial transactions, social media and e-mails may be at risk. Computers in Lebanon, Israel and Palestine have ... attack from the same source as Stuxnet and Flame. ''It is pretty dangerous and banking credentials can be compromised; funds can be stolen and financial transaction can be monitored by the Trojan,'' according to Stefan Tanase, senior security researcher with Kaspersky Labs.
Khaleej Times
Lynn cautions against cyber crime
The Dartmouth
Besides criminal threats, information security also affects the United States as a country, he said. Cyber warfare poses new threats to the private sector, and Lynn said that theft of intellectual property from American companies and the government threatens the country's “technological competitiveness.” In the past, there was a lag between when information about a product ... “The most dangerous forms of cyber attack lurks on the horizon,” he said. “Cyber attacks have been moving up the ladder, potentially now to the ...
The Dartmouth
New cyber spying virus found in Lebanon
Financial Times
European security researchers say a new cyber espionage virus found on personal computers in several countries in the Middle East is designed to eavesdrop on financial transactions and perhaps disrupt industrial control systems. Researchers at Kaspersky Lab in Moscow have ... Stuxnet, which was first discovered in 2010, is widely believed to have been used by the US and Israel to attackcomputer-controlled centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility in Iran. Similarly, Flame, which was discovered earlier this ...
Anonymous targets ASIO, DSD websites
The Australian
Another Twitter post said: "ASIO Down. Once Again! DSD! You're NEXT!" A Defence spokeswoman said the Cyber Security Operations Centre at the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) was "aware of recent hacktivist group activity directed at the DSD website". The most ... The privacy commissioner earlier this week launched an investigation into companies AAPT and Melbourne IT after their customer data was compromised in a hacking attack. Two AAPT clients, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime ...
Anonymous strikes again
Independent Online
iol scitech june 27 cyber attack pic. Reuters. Hacking group Anonymous claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO, reportedly briefly closing down access to its public webpage. Sydney - Hacking groupAnonymous on ... The then attorney-general Robert McClelland said while traditional espionage still posed risks, “the explosion of the cyber world has expanded infinitely the opportunities for the covert acquisition of information by both state and non-state actors.
Independent Online
Pentagon seeks to expand rules of engagement in cyber war
HeraldNet
They are intended to give military commanders guidance on what they can do when they find their troops or systems under attack and they need to act quickly without having to consult the president or defense secretary. While the rules for air, sea and land ... "The legal and policy entanglement incyber is far, far more difficult than it is in some of the other domains" of warfare, William J. Lynn III, a former deputy defense secretary, said at a global security conference this year. The SROE discussion is part of a larger ...
Cybersecurity News Roundup: Blizzard Breach; Gauss Malware; and Stolen ...
CIO (blog)
This week's IT security news roundup features stories on an online video-game service that was hacked; the newly discovered Gauss malware; spyware designed for use by law enforcement showing up where it shouldn't; and more. Posted August 10 ... Crooks Thought to Have Stolen FinFisher Police Spyware: FinFisher, a spyware tool sold to law enforcement agencies, was detected in countries where it should never have been available, suggesting it may already have been commandeered by cyber criminals.
Anonymous hacks spy agency
MyBroadband
hacker. The global security analysis company Strategic Forecasting Inc will settle a class action lawsuit brought by one of its customers over a crippling attack by hackers who stole data of clients including Henry Kissinger, court documents show ...announced. The then attorney-general Robert McClelland said while traditional espionage still posed risks, “the explosion of the cyber world has expanded infinitely the opportunities for the covert acquisition of information by both state and non-state actors.” Related articles ...
MyBroadband
Dorifel botnet attack hits Dutch local authorities hard
PC Advisor
At least 30 local governments, universities and companies have had their systems infected with the XDocCrypt/Dorifel virus in the Netherlands since Wednesday, said the Dutch National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) on Friday. The virus was spread via a ...
Gauss Cyberweapon Targets Middle East, 'Hot Spot'
PC Magazine
Free Email Newsletters · Sign Up for free email updates from PCMag: Daily news, new products,security, deals, DIY, and more » ... As PCMag.com reported earlier today, researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered Gauss, a sophisticated cyber-espionage toolkit designed to steals passwords, banking credentials, and browser cookies from browsers. Gauss specifically looks ...Some of the political parties in Lebanon have close ties with Iran, which may explain why Lebanon was targeted in this attack. All in the Family ...
New Flame-Style Virus Hits International Banks
Escapist Magazine
Alexander Gostev of Kaspersky called it a "complex cyber-espionage toolkit," and added that "Gauss targets multiple users in select countries to steal large amounts of data, with a specific focus on banking and financial information." It's also capable of ...
Flame-Linked Malware Hits Lebanon
Newser
New malware has struck at least 2500 computers in 25 countries, the lion's share in Lebanon, Wired reports, noting that "the discovery appears to add to the steadily growing arsenal of malwarecreated by the US and Israeli governments. .... But it's real, say security researchers. They've ..."Based on obtained information, America and the Zionist regime along with the MI6 planned an operation to launch a massive cyber attack against Iran's facilities," the state-run Press TV quoted an intelligence minister as saying.
Middle East: Another spying virus discovered
Middle East Confidential
Cyber attack on industries and state institutions has been on the rise in the region and many suspect Israel and the USA to be behind them. ... The recent discoveries are believed to stir a debate over the development and use of cyber warfare in the region.
Hackers cripple ASIO site to protest web spy plan
Sydney Morning Herald
The notorious hacking group Anonymous crippled a computer server at the domestic spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and claimed the agency's website would be unavailable for the rest of the day. An Australian arm of the loose-knit hacking ... An Anonymous user in an internet relay chat, believed to be where the hackers have been co-ordinating the attacks on Australian websites, said theattack on ASIO's site would cease at 10pm today. They claimed a "minor victory" after the web spy ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Anonymous' Operation Australia – can the federal police stop them?
The Conversation
About 10am this morning, Anonymous used Twitter to announce an attack on the AustralianSecurity Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) website. Anonymous claimed the ASIO website would be unavailable for the rest of the day. The ASIO website was down for ...
Anonymous claims it hacked Australian spy agency
Yahoo!7 News
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) acknowledged some disruption to its website. "ASIO is aware that there may have been some technical issues with its public website," a ... it is believed to have been operating for some time before it was announced. The then attorney-general Robert McClelland said while traditional espionage still posed risks, "the explosion of the cyber world has expanded infinitely the opportunities for the covert acquisition of information by both state and non-state actors." ...
Yahoo!7 News
Chemical Facility Security News: ICS-CERT Issues Gauss JSAR
By PJCoyle
The disclosure of this malware and the unsupported attribution of it to the United States will certainly inspire counter-attack aspirations by Iran and its allies and encourage the development ofcyber-warfare capabilities by a wide variety of folks ...
Chemical Facility Security News
By PJCoyle
The disclosure of this malware and the unsupported attribution of it to the United States will certainly inspire counter-attack aspirations by Iran and its allies and encourage the development ofcyber-warfare capabilities by a wide variety of folks ...
Chemical Facility Security News
How One Insider can Disrupt a Global Telecommunications Provider ...
By Jeffrey Carr
I'm pleased to announce that one of the telecommunications industry's leading security professionals will present just such an attack scenario at Suits and Spooks Boston. Henry Shiembob is the Executive Director of Cyber Security and Fraud ...
Digital Dao
Virus found in Mideast can spy on bank transactions - Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff
Dubbed Gauss, the virus may also be capable of attacking critical infrastructure and was very likely built in the same laboratories as Stuxnet, the computer worm widely believed to have been used by the United States and Israel to attack Iran's nuclear program, ... Jeffrey Carr, an expert on cyber warfare who runs a small security firm known as Taia Global, said the U.S. government has long monitored Lebanese banks for clues about the activities of militant groups and drug cartels.
Stabroek News
Lawfare › Grinding Out SROE for Cyber: Defensive Measures ...
By Robert Chesney
Grinding Out SROE for Cyber: Defensive Measures Outside DOD Networks. By Robert Chesney Friday, August 10, 2012 at 11:59 AM. As usual, Ellen Nakashima has the latest details in connection with the long-running debate over standing ...
Lawfare
Unleashing the cyber warriors | PrairiePundit
By Merv
The Pentagon has proposed that military cyber-specialists be given permission to take action outside its computer networks to defend critical U.S. computer systems — a move that officials say would set a significant precedent. The proposal is ...
PrairiePundit
Towards stewardship in cyberspace | iPolitics
By Ron Deibert
In 2009 and 2010, as part of our Information Warfare Monitor (with the SecDev Group and then Shadowserver Foundation), we released two explosive reports on cyber espionage: Ghostnet and Shadows in the Cloud. In those reports ... Last week, the New York Times reported that the United States and Israel were responsible for the Stuxnet virus that sabotaged nuclear enrichment facilities, making it the first cyber attack for which governments have (more or less) taken responsibility.
iPolitics
Collapse Of Bourbon France Banking Mirrors US Banking Problems ...
By emsnews
A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login and passwords, according Kaspersky Lab, a leading computer securityfirm. Dubbed Gauss, the virus may ... A total economic warfare being waged against the American people who little understand why these things are happening to them and unable to bring even slight alteration to the unforgiving course we have been set on by our rulers. Like drone warfare, our ...
Culture of Life News
Stuxnet, Flame…Gauss: New spy virus found in Middle East ...
By aletho
Kaspersky Lab has classified the virus, named after one of its major components, as “a cyber-espionage toolkit”. The malicious malware spies on ... “All these attack toolkits represent the high end of nation-state-sponsored cyber-espionage and cyber war operations.” ... The virus is yet to be fully exposed, as the Moscow-based internet security company is still trying to crack its payload, a section that sends and receives instructions from an outside source once it has infiltrated a system.
Aletho News
The Roundup: The Future of Cybersecurity | Iron Bow's High Tech ...
By admin
Enterprises need to have systems in place to protect themselves from any security threat, whether it comes from employees accessing social media or from the employees themselves. In today's Roundup, we ... At its core, the bill included guidelines for sharing cyber threat information between the private sector and the government and placed an emphasis on grooming the next generation ofcybersecurity professionals through training and educational programs. Furthermore, the bill ...
Iron Bow's High Tech Highway
Cyber-security measure fails to pass in Senate - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- Despite warnings from intelligence officials that the U.S. is ill- prepared to stop a growing wave of cyber attacks against its crucial national ...
articles.latimes.com/.../la-pn-cybersecurity-act-fails-to-pass-in-t...
Hopes fade for new cybersecurity law in 2012 - Technology - MSNBC
Despite growing concerns of the threat of cyber attacks, chances of a new U.S. cybersecurity law passing this year faded Thursday as Senate Republicans ...
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../hopes-fade-new-cybersecurity-law/
Gun, Abortion Amendments Stall Senate Cybersecurity Bill ...
Senators Propose Non-Cyber Related Amendments To Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Including Banning High-capacity Ammunition Clips and Abortion ...
www.securityweek.com/gun-abortion-amendments-stall-senate...
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